Natural resources management describes how people can take to care of their environment to ensure its sustainable use. These natural resources include, these natural resources include; water, land, biodiversity, native vegetation, and wildlife. Participatory approaches to planning natural resource management activities helps to ensure sustainable livelihoods for local communities while protecting environmental assets.

• all
• Technical Briefs and Manuals

Artificial Reefs
People are destroying coral reefs at an unprecedented rate. One part of a solution could be for the community to build artificial reefs.
Paul Calvert for The Appropriate Technology Magazine, September 1995, 5 pages

Fishing out the Gene Pool
The brief explains how the world's fish stocks are in danger from modern fishing methods.
Brian O'Riodan for The Appropriate Technology Magazine, March 1992, 5 pages

Water Hyacinth
This document suggests solutions for the control of water hyacinth - biological, physical and chemical - and discusses possible practical applications of the plant.
Paul Calvert for Practical Action, 1998, 11 pages